Sewing machine cabinet



oct. 1l, 1938. M WAT ERMAN SEWING MACHINE CABINET 2 Sheets-Shedl l Filed Deo. 16, 1936 M. L. WATERMAN 2,133,127

SEWING MACHINE CABINET Filed Dec. 16, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Oct. 11, 1938.

Patented Oct. 11, 1938 PATENT oFFicE 2.133.121 SEWING MACHINE CABINET Max L. Waterman,l Fairiield, Conn., assignor to The Singer Manufacturing Company, Elizabeth, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application December 16, 1936, Serial No. 116,077

2 Claims.

This invention relates to sewing machine cabinets and more particularly to a sewing machine cabinet of the drop-head type; and has for its objective the provision of a cabinet which is compact, easily manufactured and assembled, at-

tractive to the observer and in which the waste space within the cabinet may be utilized for storing sewing machine accessories.

With the above and other objects in view, as will hereinafter appear, the invention comprises the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawings of a preferred embodiment of the invention, from which the several features oi the l5 invention and the advantages attained thereby will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved sewing machine cabinet, the cabinet being close Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, the cab` inet being open.

Figure 3 is a, horizontal sectional view taken through the center of the cabinet.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view through the center of the cabinet.

Figure 5 is a section taken along the line 5 5 of Figure 3.

My improved cabinet comprises the corner posts I0 and Il which carry the side-walls I2 and :i0 I3, and the rear-wall I4. Swingably secured to the posts II by the hinges I5 are doors I5 and I1 which form the front wall and are adapted to swing outwardly. Carried` by the posts II is a table-top I8 having the usual cut-out I9 which is adapted to receive the base of a sewing machine. is pivotally secured to the table-top by means of the hinges I 9 and is adapted to be swung down 'when the cabinet is closed and to occupy the space indicated at A (Fig. 4). Hinged to the ends of the top I8 are cover leaves 20 which serve to cover the cut-out I9 when the machine is not in use and to serve as an extension for the table when the machine is in use.

Carried by the cabinet is a rectangular shaped accessory-receiving sub-cabinet or receptacle having three compartments B, C and D. This receptacle comprises a bottom 2|, rear-wall 22, endwalls 23 and 23', corner pieces 24, top 24' and partitions 25. A door 26 is hinged to the end-wall 23 and a door 21 is hinged to the other end-wall 23', thereby forming closed compartments B and D. In the compartment C there is located a rectangular-shaped receptacle comprising rear and front walls 28 and 29, end-walls30 and 3i and a It will be understood that the machine (Cl. S12-146) lower wall 32. The lower wall 32 is pivotally secured by the hinges 33 to the bottom 2I so as to tilt outwardly, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 4. In order to limit the tilting movement of the receptacle the end-wall 3| is formed with an arcuate groove 35 which is entered by a stud 36 fixed to the partition 25. The arrangement of the receptacle in the compartment C is particularly advantageous in that it may be swung outwardly to near the front of the cabinet to provide 1 easy access to its contents and when illled to capacity with material may be opened without the material falling to the door. It will be understood that the sub-cabinet or receptacle is made and assembled and then attached to the cabinet as a unit, and is heldin position by the screws 31.

After the receptacle is placed in its correct position the brace-plate 38 is inserted. This plate has two forwardly extending arms 38 thereby forming a recess. The brace 38 is supported by go bars 39 and 40V which are secured to the sides and back of the cabinet by the screws 39', and is xed to the bars 39 and 40 by screws 4I. It will be noted that in this construction the weight of the receptacle is carried'by the plate 38 which g5 is supported by the. bars 39 and 49; The screws 31 serving merely to hold the receptacle in place. Also the plate 38 ties the side and rear walls together thereby strengthening the cabinet and keeping it rigid. 30

Swingably attached to the door I6 by the hinges 42 are receptacles X, Y and Z. These receptacles are arranged one above the other and are yieldingly held in place by the spring latches 43. A spool rack 43' and a needle and pin tray 35 44 are also carried by the door I5.

Directly in rear of the doors I6 and I-1 is a panel 45 which connects and braces the iront legs II. The panel 45 is formed with a notch 45 which receives one edge of an apron 41 the oppo- 40 site edge of the apron extending over the front edge of the receptacle. The panel 45 and apron 41 serve to conceal the sewing machine when it is not in use and to separate the sewing machine cavity A from the cavity E which is adapted to 445 receive the legs of an operator. The panel 45 also supports the controls (not shown) for the machine.

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, what I claim herein is:- 50

1. The combination with a cabinet forsewing machines comprising a table top and front and back supporting leg members therefor with back and side walls connecting said leg members and forming an enclosure, a pair of doors hinged to 55 connecting said members and forming an ensaid front leg members and constituting the openable front wall of the enclosure, the upper part of the cavity in the enclosure serving to receive a drop-head sewing machine when not in use and the lower part of such cavity serving to receive the legs of an operator seated in front of A the cabinet, of an accessory-receiving sub-cabinet having a plurality of compartments and mounted within the main cabinet below the sewing machine receiving portion and behind the leg-receiving portion of the cabinet, said subcabinet being complete within itself and attached to the cabinet as a unit, and` a brace-plate connecting said side walls and located below and in contact with said sub-cabinet, said brace-plate being recessed between its ends to receive the legs A 3,) leg members therefor with back and side walls closure, a pair of doors hinged to certain of said leg members and constituting the openable front wall of the enclosure, the upper part of the cavity in the enclosure serving to house a drop-head 5 sewing machine when not in use, the lower part of such cavity serving to receive the legs of said operator seated in front of the cabinet, of an accessory-receiving sub-cab et having a plurality of article-receiving com artments, one of which is provided with a pivotally mounted receptacle which may be tilted outwardly, and hinged doors closing the other compartments, said sub-cabinet being secured to the main cabinet below the sewing machine receiving portion and behind the leg-receiving portion of the cabinet and being complete within itself and attached to the sewing machine as a unit.

MAX L. WATERMAN. 

